LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

[LordNytram]

Edessa result:

LordNytram (Sassanians) 35/50 defeats allendeuce (Romans) 106/105

LordNytram 10.1
allendeuce 7.0

[Enakan]

Forum Terebronii result with Londo,

I pulled a great imitation of brave Sir Robin, ran away with all the Romans I could. Still ugly for my Romans!

Finished out the 12 turns for a draw, minor defeat for the Romans.

78/85 Romans, 53/95 for my Goths.

Londo 9.2
Enakan 5.6

[fogman]

Forum Terebronii result with Londo,

I pulled a great imitation of brave Sir Robin, ran away with all the Romans I could. Still ugly for my Romans!

Finished out the 12 turns for a draw, minor defeat for the Romans.

78/85 Romans, 53/95 for my Goths.

Londo 9.2
Enakan 5.6

by running, you give up the possibility of winning. conduct unbecoming of a roman emperor! the senate has just begun proceedings of damnatio memoriae!

[Enakan]

I think Edward said it best,

"Can I PLEASE have some REAL Roman Infantry???????"

You made me RUN, FOGMAN!!!!!!!!!

[Londo]

Nisibis

Londo (Parthians) 11/68 - IMC (Romans) 104/100

Londo 10.4
IMC 1.6

A result from last month I didn't get round to posting. The Roman cavalry attacked bravely on both flanks, but were engulfed by waves of cataphracts. The Parthians then swung in behind the Roman infantry line.

I recall that in my reverse game (Martyn's posted the scores) I pulled back the Roman cavalry, and moved as much infantry as I could to the flanks. The infantry took a pounding, but wore out the Parthians, and I was just getting ready for a magnificent counter-attack when the game ended! I had forgotten the game length, curses!

Why does this scenario have an unusually short length?

[fogman]

Nisibis
I recall that in my reverse game (Martyn's posted the scores) I pulled back the Roman cavalry, and moved as much infantry as I could to the flanks. The infantry took a pounding, but wore out the Parthians, and I was just getting ready for a magnificent counter-attack when the game ended! I had forgotten the game length, curses!

Why does this scenario have an unusually short length?

historically, neither army could realistically break the other so a draw would be the most likely outcome. In the heat of the summer in a semi arid area, horses would be blown and men in armour would tire too quickly. A likely draw can be induced by reducing the length of combat.

[ericdoman1]

Edessa

Edmund (Sassanians) 55/50 vs eric (Romans) 102/105

EB 9.7
eric 11

Phew!

[TDefender]

Edessa:

Imc (romans) 106/105 vs TDefender (sasanians) 49/50

me: 10
Imc: 9.8

[Enakan]

Edessa

Enakan (Sasanians) 40/50 to Edmund (Romans) 113/105

Enakan 10.8
Edmund 8.0

[allendeuce]

Result of battle of Lake Benacus 268;
Romans under allendeuce defeat the Alamanni of iandavidsmith.
Romans 48/66 73%

Alamanni 103/100 100%

iandavidsmith 7.3 points

allendeuce 10.3 points.

Thanks for the game, Ian, and enjoy your holiday!

[TDefender]

Fm Emesa:

TDefender (romans) 63/56 vs Ian (Palmyrenes) 50/60

me: 8.3
Ian: 11

[Londo]

Hormozgan

Londo (Parthians) 52/67 - Edmund (Sasanians) 58/58

Londo 10
Edmund 7.8

This was like two completely separate battles! In the main section where Ardavan faced off against Ardashir, the Parthians lost most of the combats, and began to crumble after their Shah fell. In the other section, the Parthians swept all before them!

So history takes a new path - but will a Parthian-run Persia be any better able to stand up to the Arab Conquest in a few centuries time than the Sasanians were?

[fogman]

Round 14: Restoring the World

The disaster of Edessa fractured the Roman world as the provincials no longer trusted the central authority to protect them. In the West, a ‘Gallic Empire’ emerged while in the East, the strongman of Palmyra, Odenathus, took over the military fight against the Sasanians. Valerian’s son Galerius, holding Italy, the Balkans and Africa was too busy on the Danube to intervene and reassert control but his heroic efforts kept the hope of the unified Empire alive. It was his immediate successors, Claudius and Aurelian, who would restore the unity and primacy of Rome in a series of successful campaigns in the late 260’s and early 270’s.

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LAKE BENACUS 268 AD

Newly proclaimed emperor following the murder of Galerius, Claudius and his cavalry commander Aurelian rushed to intercept the Alemanni who had broken through the Alpine passes. He found and attacked them on the shores of lake Benacus.

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EMESA 272 AD

After successfully defending Italy and clearing the Balkans, Aurelian marched east to deal with the Palmyrenes, now under queen Zenobia. Following a lull after the recapture of Antioch, Aurelian advanced on the enemy at Emesa for the decisive confrontation. The Palmyrenes had superior cavalry but after pushing off the Roman cavalry, it got separated from the rest of the army and counter attacked by Roman infantry.

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LAKE BENACUS

Alemanni vs Romans

Allendeuce vs Ericdoman
Edmund vs Mcfcivo
Enakan vs TDefender (TDefender initiates challenge)
Ericdoman vs Enakan
Fogman vs Edmund
(Iandavidsmith vs Allendeuce - finished)
IMC vs Lordnytram (Lordnytram initiates challenge)
(Londo vs Iandavidsmith - in progress)
LordNytram vs Fogman
Mcfcivo vs IMC
TDefender vs Londo

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EMESA

Romans vs Palmyrenes

Allendeuce vs Mcfcivo
Edmund vs Lordnytram
Enakan vs IMC
Ericdoman vs Fogman
Fogman vs Enakan
(Iandavidsmith vs Ericdoman - finished)
IMC vs TDefender (TDefender initiates challenge)
Londo vs Edmund
LordNytram vs Allendeuce
Mcfcivo vs Londo
(TDefender vs Iandavidsmith - finished)

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No fog of war, no double moves.

BATTLE FILES POSTED ON APRIL 10

[ericdoman1]

Challenges issued

Lake Benacus = enakan

Emesa = fogman

FM

IMC and Enakan are unable to download etc scenarios?

[fogman]

IMC and Enakan are unable to download etc scenarios?

Yes. They used to be able to, which is strange. Maybe you have insights for them.

[fogman]

So history takes a new path - but will a Parthian-run Persia be any better able to stand up to the Arab Conquest in a few centuries time than the Sasanians were?

400 years is a long time to project. but what doomed both the Byzantines and the Sasanians vs the Arabs was the devastating war they fought against each other just before the rise of Islam. It was a fortuitous timing for the Arabs.

[ericdoman1]

FM

Have tried to help as much as possible. Tech support will not even "support"/help as well. Still nothing. I think Paul V uses an Apple, not sure about Ian. I am wondering if there may be an important file missing from both. My only suggestion would be for an Apple user who can download etc scenarios and play them, to open file location for FOG digital (right click FOG digital icon, click on open file location) and forward all to Paul and Ian. If there is some file missing, they can search for it in their computer and restore somehow. Possibly a player who has it can email it to them. I have still no idea how I was able to play after a few years of not being able to.

[TDefender]

Games up:

Lake Benacus

Pw for Londo : Benacus
Pw for Enakan: Benacus1

Emesa:

Pw for IMC: Emesa

[fogman]

Challenges

Lake Benacus for Edmund
pw: Garda

Emesa for Enakan
pw: Syria

[ericdoman1]

Lake Benacus

Enakan (Romans) 67/66 vs eric (Allemagne) 98/100

Enakan 9.8
eric 10.1

Phew II !! (Although being butchered by FM at Emesa)